Supreme Court of Georgia
Barnett v. Caldwell
January 29, 2018302 Ga. 845
Summary
The court affirmed summary judgment for the teacher, holding that official immunity barred the parents' wrongful-death claim because the teacher's classroom-supervision decisions were discretionary rather than ministerial. The school's supervision policy and the principal's explanations left the teacher to exercise judgment about whether to leave, whom to ask for assistance, and how to supervise the students. Justice Melton, joined by Justice Hunstein, concurred in part but objected to the majority's dicta concerning total failures to perform discretionary duties.